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Vol. I, Issue 6 Published 12.08.03
Opinion
Hillary Rolls
In the November 10 issue, Davin Quinn wrote about the National Residency Matching Programs reasons for keeping the Match in place. While he correctly summarized some of the arguments on the webpage (savethematch.org), the issues surrounding the lawsuit against the Match go beyond simply doing away with a dated system...

Arts
Moral Dilemas from "El Mitad del Mundo"
Erin Lunde
Rarely does a fourth-year medical student hear the words, "Doctora, prefiero Usted!" As medical students we often feel like mere shadows of the residents and attending physicians who teach us. Occasionally there will be a patient with whom we form a special bond, but for the most part we are semi-silent accessories to the medical team caring for a patient...

Survey Says
"Given your current medical knowledge, which disease do you feel most confident to treat?"

Leaving Longwood
Cambridge I: More than Harvard Square
Joe Wright
Recently, Ted Lord schooled Murmur readers on key Jamaica Plain food selections. It's true that Jamaica Plain has some not inconsequential food power. But Ted, my friend, Cambridge is the place for true TFS. You know: a TOTAL FOOD SCORE! As in, score one for you because you just got some slammin' CTM cheeeeeeeepie-cheap! CTM, people-Chicken Tikka Masala!

What the heck is this?
Send an explanation to photo@themurmur.com; we'll print the best submission!

Eat Your Heart Out
Potato Latkes
Allon Beck
The winter season is upon us, and with it, several festive meals. This column will start the season with the quintessential Hannukah food: latkes (pronounced LAT-kess), or potato pancakes...

HMStyle: HSTyle
Heidi Goodarzi & Yetsa Tuakli-Wosornu
According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, numerous surveys confirm that occupational pressures and fears are far and away the leading source of stress...

Fresh Cut
Tupac: Resurrection
Kai-How Farh
At an age when most people would be entering a four-year medical school, Tupac Shakur had starred in a film, sold a million albums, and gotten himself into enough trouble to warrant a four-year stint at a federal maximum security prison. At the age when most people would be up all night studying for their boards, Tupac Shakur was dead...

Today's Talks 05.03.04
Wednesday, May 5
"Cinco de Mayo BBQ Celebration!”
MeSLA, MGH Minority Affairs
Come grab some good food and enjoy the sunny weather as we celebrate Mexican culture and commemorate Mexico’s victory over the French army in 1862.
5:30 pm, Vanderbilt Hall Deanery
Free food.

“The Tormented President: Calvin Coolidge, Death, and Clinical Depression”
Countway Library
Lecture and booksigning by Robert Gilbert, author, Northeastern University.
4:00pm, 5th floor, Minot Room, Countway Library of Medicine

Thursday, May 6
"Public Policies for HIV/AIDS with Special Reference to China”
Asia Public Policy Workshop and WHR Rivers Symposium
Debrework Zewdie, World Bank; Jim Kim, WHO; Shen Jie, China Center for Disease Control and National Center for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control; Anthony Saich, KSG.
6:00pm, Starr Auditorium, Belfer Building, KSG

Friday, May 7
“2nd Annual Symposium on Racial/ Ethnic Health Disparities Research in the U.S.: From Research to Practice”
Harvard Interfaculty Program
Faculty discus basic physiology, state-of-the-art treatments, research, and future directions.
Speakers: Reginald Stuart, HSPH; Suzette Oyeku, HSPH; Debra Joy Pérez, GSAS.
8:00am – 4:30pm. Room G-1, Kresge Building, HSPH
Register www.healthpolicy.harvard.edu/ disparity.php, under “Disparities Symposium 2004.” More information, email retucker@disparitiessymposium.com

Saturday, May 8 2004
"Collateral Benefits: Complex Health Interventions Among the Poor”
DRCLAS, Division of Social Medicine Health Inequalities, BWH
Paul Farmer, PIH; Fernet Léandre, Zanmi Lasante, Haiti; Askar Yedilbayev, PIH, Russia; Jaime Bayona, Socios en Salud, Peru; Anne Hasitings, Fonkoze, Haiti.
9:00am – 1:00pm, New Research Building, HMS

"Volunteer opportunity at The Food Project”
SEAM & MUNCH
9:30 am-12:30pm, West Cottage lot in Roxbury
Transportation provided. Email Christine or Molly Perencevich. Limit 15 students. www.thefoodproject.org/

Ongoing
"2nd Year Show Videos"
Checks to “HMS/HSDM 2nd Year Show.”
Contact: Nancy Chang



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